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H. N. FELEY Oct. 7, 1930.

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Original Filed April 2. 1926 Ijgl.

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' HENRY F 0F imsr onnnen NEwJERS Yi Book h Original application filed Arils, 1926, Serial No. 99,237. llivide'rf and th is animal, "aldfno'iifiter J 8,1926. seriaino.147,050.;4U X:

v The object of the invention is to provide an improved flat-openingcheck-book, or 1 other book, constructed in an advantageous manner sothat the book will lie open at any point. It is-a serious'inconvenienceof ordinary check-books that they must be held open in order to keepthestubs from springing over onto the page to be written upon. According tothe present invention the book 1 is bound by means of splitrivets passedthrough openings in the sheets and cover and provided with heads outsideof the cover, and spacer means on the shaft inside the cover, the spacermeans being adapted'to bear against the inner sides of the cover andkeep 1 a the sheets free,that is to say, not tightly held or gripped.This, together with the fact that the openings through the separatesheets are materially larger than the diameter of so the parts standingwithin them, permits the leaves to separate loosely at any point where-'X the book is opened. Other features of the invention'will becomeapparent as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the, book embodying the invention, a portion"of the cover being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the 7 book, open, the endportions being broken away because of lack of space.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on a larger scale, showing theclosed condition; and V Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and8 are detail sectional viewsof the parts seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, before assembling. V s

. The stiff-board cover of the book is marked 4 2, the hinges of thefront and back parts of the cover are marked 3, and the binding strip ofthe cover is marked 4. The interior pad consists of separate leaves 5,not united by stitching, staples or gum.

Two large holes 6 are made through the rear portion of the collection ofsheets, and corresponding holes 7 are made in the cover. The holesin-both the leaves and cover may be made at the same time.

A split rivet having a head 9 and shank or shaft 8 is first insertedthrough" each of the holes-7 in one of the parts of the cover.

. An endmember, including a flange 10 having :a collar 11 is then'placedon each of the shafts 8 of the split rivets so that the flange 10 restsagainst the inside of the'eover. I Sleeves12 are then passed over theshafts Sand collars 11 so that their lower ends abut theflan'ges 1 0.

Thetwo shafts8, their oollared'flanges 10 and sleeves 12 having beenassembled in this manner, the collection of sheets 5 arepl'aced over theshafts and sleeves. Two otherlend imembers', including flanges 131-having collars 14 are pushed over the protruding ends of :the shafts8, the'collars Mentoring the sleeves s12'and the flanges13'abutting theupper ends of the sleeves 12. The openings 7 i. in Y the other. covermemberiare then passed over the ends' of theshafts, this covermemberresting on the flanges 13. In'the final operation L part ofthej cover 2is gripped between the of assembling, the prongs of the rivet arespread-apart, or upset, and a cap 15 isapplied over and in engagementwith them, forming a retaining head. .1 Thus itzis evident that one,

head f the rivet and the flange 10, and the other part ofthecoverisgrippedbetween 1 the cap 15 and flange 1'3 while t-he leaves. of

the book remain loose betweenthe flanges .10 and 13. a 1 e .J: r It;will beobserved that the spacer means formed-by the sleeves 12 andflanges 10v and 13 which bear against the inner sides of the cover is sodesigned, and-of such length, that the pressure exerted in clinching andupsetting the binder fastening does not result in the leaves 5 beinggripped or commain quite loose between the parts of the cover, which areheld somewhat away from the leaves by the flanges 10 and 13. Thedistance betweenthe flanges 10 and 13 is greater than the thickness ofthe pad of leaves, or, at least, the leaves are only loosely heldbet-ween the flanges 10 and 13. Furthermore, it will be seen that theholes 6 through the leaves are materially wider than the ex ternaldiameter of the sleeves 12 within them. Consequently, when the book isopened at any point, the two sections of the pressed at the binding.Instead they re-.

collection of sheets part freely as shown in Fig. 2, and there is notendency for one side to flop over on the other.

Further contributing to thisefi'eot, the individual sheets are providedwith creases 16, parallel with the binding, adjacent and in front. ofthe holes 6, these creasestendingto destroy the springiness of thepaperat the 7 regions where the leaves curve over the m bends of thecover at the hinges 3,'without seriously injuring thestrength of thefiber,

The collars 11 andrl l on the flanges ,and m -preferably fit. the, shaft8snugly-and in addition to insuring the accuratepositioning of thesleeve 12 tend to hold theparts in preliminary assembly before the finalop- V eration of applying the cap 15 tothe rivet.

' v The caps 15 and the heads 9 of the rivets may be tinted with a colorcorresponding to n the covers of the book and in this way'a very neatandpleasing efieot is secured.

Thislapplication is a division of my'pend- ,.ing allowed application,Serial No, 99,237, 'filed 'April 2,1926, patented Nov. '9, 1926, N0.1,606,213. t I claim: 7 t V A book, including covers and interposedsheets having registering perforations, and means forbinding the sheetsandcovers together, said means comprising a shaft passed loosely throughthe perforations in covers and sheets and adapted to be upset 1 beyondone cover, end members arranged on the shaft between the sheets andcover, said end members having o'ollar'portions fitting the shaft andextending within the perforations of o'ertainof the sheets andright-ang-led collar portions overlying the outer surface of theoutermost sheets, and a sleeve 11; overlying and-fitting the collarportions of the end flanges, the ends of. thesleevebear- I ingsquarelyagainst the flange portions of .the end members to preventmovement of such end members toward the sheets under 1, the upsettingstress on the shaft end.

' Intestimonywher'eof I aflix my signature.

I -HENRY N.

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